Bill for limited Missouri school voucher program passes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers passed on Thursday a bill to allow a tax credit program to help pay…
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Black religious leaders decry Missouri bills as biased
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Black religious leaders rallied Thursday at the Missouri Capitol and met with political leaders to denounce…
Push to put benefit limits on Missouri unemployment debt goes down in House
A bill to forgive mistakenly paid unemployment benefit from 2020 will include a waiver for debts to the state but won’t include…
Crackdown on highway protests passes Missouri House
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House passed on Tuesday legislation to crack down on protesters who block roadways, after…
Emergency health rules for businesses would be barred under Missouri House vote
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House voted Tuesday in favor of barring state and local officials from putting any…
Parson’s office won’t release resignation letter of second key official
The same day as Randall Williams’ sudden resignation as Missouri’s top health official, another key member of the executive branch…
‘The fight has to change’: Why Ferguson activists ditched police reform
Ten days after Michael Brown, it was 25-year-old Kajieme Powell. Two months later, it was 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers Jr. All…
Missouri is latest state to thwart voter-approved policies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers recently shut down attempts to pay for Medicaid expansion, in what is the latest…
Momentum grows for closing gaps in U.S. vaccine requirements
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren,…
Aldermen clash over two visions of May Day
CITY HALL – Two different resolutions offering different views of the meaning of May Day brought sharp debate at Friday’s…
City board plans to cut $4 million from police for unfilled jobs
CITY HALL – St. Louis officials are looking at saving $4 million by dropping funding for 98 police officer positions…
Medicaid expansion funding gets Missouri Senate thumbs-down
The Missouri Senate voted against funding Medicaid expansion, after a debate Wednesday night that will not be the final word on whether…
Missouri Senate renews push to bar vaccine passports, rein in health orders
A push to provide greater oversight over local health orders and ban vaccine passports was renewed this week when the…
Jaco: White nationalist fear in your kid’s school
History, Napoleon wrote, is a lie agreed upon. White nationalists in the Missouri General Assembly won’t read Napoleon in the…
County jail can’t house St. Louis inmates, panel advises
CLAYTON (AP) — An advisory board for the St. Louis County Jail is warning that the facility doesn’t have enough…
Jones’ first executive order aims to hold police accountable, address jail complaints
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones signed on Wednesday her first executive order, clarifying how citizen complaints regarding police and…